48 Times ‘The Cosby Show’ Pretty Much Told Us He’s A Rapist
“A Star Is Born” (Season 2, Episode 6)
Cliff recounts the time in 1965 when he told Louisa Moritz he could make her a big star and then sexually assaulted her. Theo loses his keys.
“Netflix and Pill” (Season 5, Episode 11)
Cliff invites his friend’s wife, Cindra Ladd to watch a movie but instead drugs and sexually assaults her. Denise accidentally books two dates on the same night.
“Track & Feel’d” (Season 8, Episode 19)
Cliff has a dream that in 2004 he’ll meet Donna Barrett at a track meet and then sexually assault her. Rudy wants expensive skates.
“Very Dizzy Gillespie” (Season 2, Episode 21)
Cliff reminisces about the time in 1976 when he met Sharon Van Ert at a jazz club, drugs her and then sexually assaults her. Sondra thinks Prince is working at the Burger King.
“Viva Cliff Vegas” (Season 4, Episode 1)
Cliff invites Pamela Abeyta on an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas, drugs her and sexually assaults her. Vanessa believes her shoelaces are haunted.
“Turn to the Left” (Season 7, Episode 6)
Cliff offers to help Lisa Christie transition from modeling to acting and then sexually assaults her. Clair wants to take up swing dancing.
“Bad Hair Day” (Season 5, Episode 13)
Cliff contemplates manscaping after Kristina Ruehli becomes physically ill when she sees his stomach hair after coming to from being drugged and forced to give him oral sex. Sondra goes “hot dog crazy”.
“It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” (Season 4, Episode 10)
Cliff remembers the time in 1976 he invited 20 year old Elizabeth to hang out by the pool while he played tennis with soul legend James Brown and then sexually assaulted her. Elvin refuses to eat a carrot.
“The Cliff Strasburg Method” (Season 3, Episode 2)
Cliff gives an acting lesson to Heidi Thomas and then sexually assaults her. Martin grows a mustache.
“Interview with the Cliff” (Season 1, Episode 10)
Cliff invites Linda Ridgeway Whitedeer for an interview but instead sexually assaults her. Theo decides to learn the trombone.
“Arrivals & Departures” (Season 2, Episode 13)
Cliff remembers the time in the early 1970s when he met Colleen Hughes on a flight to Los Angeles, had lunch with her, drank champagne out of her shoe and then sexually assaulted her. Rudy sees how long she can go without taking a shower.
“What He Did for Love” (Season 5, Episode 23)
Cliff locks Eden Tirl in his dressing room and then sexually assaults her. Denise is obsessed with pesto.
“Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle” (Season 8, Episode 15)
Cliff preps Lilli Bernard for a role on a television show, drugs her, then sexually assaults her. Vanessa reads Theo’s journal.
“Q & A” (Season 2, Episode 19)
Cliff gets interviewed by Sammie Mays at a convention but then turns the tables by drugging and sexually assaulting her. Sondra enters a hula contest.
“Pinball Wizard” (Season 5, Episode 4)
Cliff meets Margie Shapiro at a doughnut shop and challenges her to a game of pinball where the loser must take a pill. She loses and he sexually assaults her. Rudy goes to Space Camp.
“Cliff Gets In Your Eyes” (Season 8, Episode 3)
While fixing the sink, Cliff bumps his head on a pipe and while knocked out relives the time in the mid 1960s when he took a 17 year old Sunni Welles to a jazz club, drugged her and sexually assaulted her. Theo and Vanessa both run for class treasurer.
“Unmentionables” (Season 5, Episode 14)
When Clair gets sick, Cliff is forced to do laundry. While washing her undergarments he flashes back to 1969 when he met Lina Brown at a Wonderbra commercial and then after they had dinner, drugged and sexually assaulted her. Denise auditions for Godspell.
“Game, Set, Cliff” (Season 4, Episode 22)
Cliff loses in a tennis tournament to Linda Kirkpatrick in 1981 after which he drugs and sexually assaults her. Theo meets a french girl.
“Three Times a Cliff” (Season 1, Episode 11)
In this clip show, Cliff remembers the times he auditioned Lise-Lotte Lublin in 1989, Helen Gumpel in 1987 and Dottye in 1984 after which he drugged and sexually assaulted them.
“Rub Down” (Season 5. Episode 15)
Cliff wins a massage at a health club, which is given by Lynn Neal. He invites her to his show and after dinner he drugs and sexually assaults her. Rudy thinks Sondra is the tooth fairy.
“Jagged Little Cliff” (Season 6, Episode 14)
Cliff eats a sandwich at his bungalow and insists a woman named Kacey, who works for his agency, take a large white pill after which he sexually assaults her. Clair takes a vow of silence.
“Party Pooper Cliff” (Season 5, Episode 16)
Cliff invites Kathrine Mae McKee to a party but instead foregoes the usual drugging and just sexually assaults her. Theo is afraid he’s a geek.
“Career Opportunities” (Season 2, Episode 18)
During one of his signature career mentoring sessions in 1988, Cliff drugs a woman named Lisa and possibly sexually assaults her. Denise accidentally glues her hands together.
“Centerfold” (Season 4, Episode 6)
Sick with the flu, Cliff has a fever dream that in 2008 he wins a trip to a party at the Playboy Mansion where he meets model Chloe Goins, drugs her and sexually assaults her. Elvin challenges Rudy to a staring contest.
“Empire State of Cliff” (Season 7, Episode 16)
While in New York City, Cliff invites model Beverly Johnson to his place, drugs her, assaults her and throws her out of his home when she refuses to bend to his will. Vanessa eats string cheese the wrong way.
“Offensive Lob” (Season 3, Episode 14)
Cliff heads to a tennis tournament in Pebble Beach and meets Helen Hayes and her friends. Much to Cliff’s chagrin, the group keeps trying to lose him so he eventually just grabs Helen’s right breast from behind. Vanessa and Theo open a detective business.
“Hunka, Hunka Burnin’ Cliff” (Season 6, Episode 20)
Cliff and the family take a trip to fabulous Las Vegas. He is introduced to a friend’s step daughter who wants to become a model, so he drugs her and sexually assaults her in the Elvis Presley suite. Clair can’t stop winning at the craps table.
“Sundays In The Park With Cliff” (Season 2, Episode 10)
While shooting a movie in the park, Cliff meets a 15 year old Judy Huth. After the two hit it off he takes her to the Playboy mansion where he molested her. Denise meets Rick Springfield.
“A Cliff in the Hand” (Season 3, Episode 8)
After Cliff promises a young model named Jena T.’s parents that he’ll take care of her, he pressures her to give him handjob. For a class project, Theo and Cockroach write a rap about the Ottoman Empire.
“Wine Pair-ing” (Season 1, Episode 20)
Cliff takes Jewel Allison to dinner then drugs her wine and makes her touch his genitals. Rudy and Bud get lost on a class trip to the Pentagon.
“That’s What Friends Are For” (Season 7, Episode 19)
After Cliff’s friend reveals he is crushing on Joyce Emmons, he drugs her and let’s him have his way with her. Clair practices speaking Korean on the kids.
“Cliff On The Beach” (Season 6, Episode 6)
After work one night Cliff offers to take Linda Joy Traitz home. Instead he takes her to the beach and pressures her into taking pills and tried to force himself on her. Vanessa enters a Jimmy Carter sound-a-like contest.
“Bait and Cliff” (Season 5, Episode 18)
Cliff uses his classic acting advice offer to get Angela Leslie to come to his place where instead of advice he gives her a stiff drink and sexually assaults her. Cockroach’s breakdancing contest goes horribly wrong.
“Had a Bad Day” (Season 6, Episode 11)
Cliff goes to Sneaky Pete’s for steaks with model Victoria Valentino and her friend. Victoria says she’s having a bad day so he drugs her and her friend, takes them back to a an apartment near the Chateau Marmont and sexually assaults them. Denise dates a world famous chef.
“Wife Swap” (Season 4, Episode 9)
Cliff and Clair go on a double date with Cliff’s friend and Carla Ferrigno. After Cliff’s friend leaves and Clair goes to bed he sexually assaults Carla. Theo gets hypnotized.
“Heeeeere’s Cliff!” (Season 3, Episode 5)
Cliff meets Louisa Moritz backstage at the Tonight Show, where he sexually assaults her. Elvin and Sondra become “Parrotheads”.
“Weight Watcher” (Season 8, Episode 7)
Cliff invites Renita Chaney Hill to his hotel room where he drugs her, sexually assaults her then tells her she should lose weight. Sondra realizes her new beeper number used to belong to Quincy Jones.
“Friends Without Benefits” (Season 3, Episode 11)
Cliff uses acting exercises as an excuse to inappropriately touch Michelle Hurd. He later invites her to his place to take a shower and see what her hair looks like straightened. She declines and he instead has her friend over, then drugs and sexually assaults her. Denise glues her hands together again.
“Hey Nineteen” (Season 4, Episode 18)
Cliff meets 19 year old Therese Serignese then drugs and sexually assaults her in a bathroom. Olivia eats too much ham.
“America’s Next Top Victim” (Season 7, Episode 11)
Cliff urges Janice Dickinson to meet him in Lake Tahoe where he drugs and sexually assaults her. Vanessa and Rudy feud over the correct lyrics to “Beat It”.
“Deja Cliff” (Season 4, Episode 13)
Cliff drugs and sexually assaults Joan Tarshis twice in 1969. Theo tries to impress a girl by entering a milk chugging contest.
“Talking Shop” (Season 7, Episode 12)
Cliff offers to mentor Barbara Bowman and invites her to his home to discuss the entertainment industry where he drugs and sexually assaults her. Denise thinks the Milli Vanilli guys are the same person.
“Coffee’s For Closers” (Season 7, Episode 8)
After Cliff ends his affair with Beth Ferrier he drugs her coffee, sexually assaults her and leaves her disheveled in the back of her own car. Sondra wants to live in a tree.
“Driving Mrs. Green” (Season 6, Episode 9)
Cliff drugs Tamara Green, drives her home, helps her into bed and then sexually assaults her. Theo’s favorite overalls shrink in the wash.
“One Pill Makes You Bigger, Three Pills Knock You Out” (Season 5, Episode 20)
At his home, Cliff gives Andrea Constand three blue pills he claims is an “herbal remedy” for her stress. The pills turn out to be narcotics and Cliff sexually assaults her. Rudy and Bud invent their own language.
“All Harm, No Foul” (Season 8, Episode 16)
Cliff takes actress Lachele Covinton’s hand and pushes it under his shirt and then towards his sweatpants, which the police say is a-ok. Vanessa gets a bad haircut.
